Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
This elaborate earring is made from hair and gilded brass and would have been worn with fashionable clothing.
Mourning jewelry made from hair of the deceased also was popular during the nineteenth century.
About This Item
- Title: Hair drop earring, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: USA
- Media: Hair, gilded brass
- Local Code: 3377*m-6
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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